Trump Administration Removes Scaramucci

His dismissal follows a bizarre outburst from the former SkyBridge Capital founder—published Thursday by The New Yorker— in which “The Mooch” vented his frustrations over his new staff, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and Reince Preibus, who left his position as White House chief of staff the next day. In his rant, Scaramucci threatened to fire the entire White House communications team.

Scaramucci’s appointment to the position led to the resignation of Sean Spicer as White House press secretary.

Almost immediately after his hire, Scaramucci launched an investigation of news leakers in the Trump administration, threatening to fire anyone caught speaking to the press.